Mary Hannan PhD, APRN, AGACNP-BC

Mary Hannan, PhD, APRN, AGACNP-BC is an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago, College of Nursing. She received her PhD in Nursing Science from the University of Illinois Chicago. Dr. Hannan’s overall research interests focus on kidney disease and physical activity. She has over ten years of experience as a nurse practitioner, primarily working in nephrology. Dr. Hannan plans to investigate in the influence of sedentary time, physical activity, and frailty on adults with chronic kidney disease. Through this work, she plans to develop behavior change interventions, specifically physical activity interventions, to improve the health and outcomes of patients with chronic kidney disease. Dr. Hannan is also funded as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow.